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Could One Shot Kill the Flu?
newyorker.com

The McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist
wired.com

Scientist predicts Earth will develop rings like Saturn
thehill.com

How Earth’s Magnetic Field Flip Will Impact Life on Our Planet
interestingengineering.com

Biodegradable take on Velcro latches on like a parasitic climbing plant
newatlas.com

Nasa to slam spacecraft into asteroid in mission to avoid future Armaggedon
theguardian.com

Video: One Month of Sun in 4K [44:00]
youtube.com

Man Keeps a Rock For Years, Hoping It’s Gold. It Turned Out to Be Far More Valuable
sciencealert.com

NASA Confirms Existence of Hundreds of New Worlds Outside Our Solar System
newsweek.com

Maya breakthrough as incredible underwater discovery solves 1,000-year-old mystery
guardianmag.press

We’ve lost Internet access at Damn HQ, and repairs are ~24 hours away. So it’ll be quiet around here for a day.
damninteresting.com

The Algorithm That Lets Particle Physicists Count Higher Than Two
quantamagazine.org

Dramatic photos show La Palma volcano’s ongoing eruption
nationalgeographic.com

On this day in 1987 televisions in Chicago flickered with a sinister and unexplained visage
damninteresting.com

Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Are Finally Coming into Focus
scientificamerican.com

Video: Searching for the truth in Emperor Caligula’s gardens in Rome [13:37]
cbsnews.com

Wind Rider: A High Performance Magsail
centauri-dreams.org

Video: Disney’s FastPass: A Complicated History [1:42:59]
youtube.com

Rolls-Royce’s electric plane hits 387 mph to lay claim as world’s fastest
newatlas.com

Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?
livescience.com

Women of the sea: Follow Korea’s oldest free divers on their underwater treasure hunt
abc.net.au

Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters
thehustle.co

Hubble’s Stunning Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System
scitechdaily.com

Forensic Psychologist Richard Lettieri On The Many Pathways to a False Confession
crimereads.com

‘It was terrifying’: ancient book’s journey from Irish bog to museum treasure
theguardian.com

Video: The Insane Engineering of the Thunderscreech [19:26]
youtube.com

LightSail 2 Has Been Flying in Space for 30 Months – Paving the Way for Future Solar Sail Missions
scitechdaily.com

How ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible
news.mit.edu • (see also)

Why Do Weeks Have Seven Days?
theatlantic.com

The Radical History of Black Cartoonists
inthesetimes.com

The ingenious living bridges of India
bbc.com

Fashion’s own ‘black widow’: the true story of the house of Gucci murder
theguardian.com

On this day in 1980 a whole freshwater lake fell out, and a new salty one fell in
damninteresting.com

A failed star known as “The Accident” is changing the way we look at the galaxy
massivesci.com

What really happened at Wounded Knee, the site of a historic massacre
nationalgeographic.com

The Pigeon Puzzle: How Do They Figure Out Their Impossibly Long Routes Home?
thewalrus.ca

The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
theguardian.com

Video: The Big Misconception About Electricity [14:47]
youtube.com

The Decision That Cost Hitler the War
nytimes.com

This week: 🍅 Martian ketchup, 🍄 irradiated fungi, 🏃 elderly sprinters, and more!
damninteresting.com

Astronomers discover enormous ‘barrier’ separating the center of the Milky Way from the cosmic ray sea
livescience.com

The ancient origins of glass
knowablemagazine.org

Deathbed confession sparks Jimmy Hoffa body hunt
bbc.com

NASA’s huge James Webb Space Telescope is one month from launch
space.com

Abandoned former USSR sites – in pictures
theguardian.com

Popcorn used to create an eco-friendly alternative to polystyrene foam
newatlas.com

Does cheese really give you vivid dreams?
bbc.com

Microrobot fish swims through the body to vomit drugs on cancer
newatlas.com

Why do frozen turkeys explode when deep-fried?
theconversation.com

Before Haunted Houses, There Were Hell Banquets
atlasobscura.com

What Hot Dogs Can Teach Us About Number Theory
quantamagazine.org

Fragment of lost 12th-century epic poem found in another book’s binding
theguardian.com

How technology has inspired neuroscientists to reimagine the brain
vox.com

Video: Nature’s fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out [4:19]
youtube.com

November’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse Is a Once-In-a-Thousand-Years Event
smithsonianmag.com

Video: The Austrian woman who saved 7,700 children during WW2 [7:20]
bbc.com

The Boxer Who Killed in the Ring
theatlantic.com

A new era of planetary exploration: what we discovered on the far side of the Moon
space.com • (see also)

New iodine-based electric propulsion engine successfully test-fired in orbit
sciencealert.com

New holographic camera sees the unseen with high precision
phys.org